Articles tagged: Kansas City Royals

Actor Paul Rudd is a huge Kansas City Royals fan, and he made his way onto the field on Wednesday night after his team finished off its sweep of the Baltimore Orioles in the ALCS. Rudd, who grew up in Kansas just outside of Kansas City, Mo., celebrated with the Royals and had big plans…Read More

The story of the gritty, gutty, small-market Kansas City Royals stopped being cute the moment the eliminated the Angels and A’s from the postseason. They’re one win away from adding the Orioles to their list.After posting seven straight playoff wins, the Royals are showing everyone that they are the hottest team in baseball and a…Read More

The Kansas City Royals and Baltimore Orioles are set to begin the American League Championship Series on Friday in Baltimore. Prior to first pitch of game 1, a minor issue needed to be addressed in Kansas City. On Wednesday, a resident of Baltimore Avenue sent a tweet to Mayor Sly James requesting the name of…Read More

The Kansas City Royals completed their sweep of the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday to win their first playoff series since 1985, and they celebrated by inviting fans to a bar in Kansas City’s Power & Light District. Eric Hosmer, who delivered a 2-run home run in Game 3 and is batting .500 with a…Read More

Less than a week after Ned Yost ripped Kansas City fans for not showing up to games when their team is in a pennant race, the Royals manager wondered over the weekend if playing in front of such a large crowd was an issue for his players. The Royals lost a couple of crucial games…Read More

After a 2013 season that saw the Kansas City Royals finish with 86 wins (their most since 1989) expectations are high around the team’s spring training facilities in Surprise, Arizona. The Royals boasted a pitching staff that led the American League in ERA (3.45) last season and, despite the loss of Ervin Santana, still has…Read More

The Kansas City Royals had a couple of hot streaks throughout the final month or so of the MLB season, but ultimately they came up five games short of a playoff berth with an 86-win season. However, the team did finish with its first winning record in 10 years. I guess you could view that…Read More

Your browser does not support iframes. When Nelson Cruz was hit by a pitch in the ninth inning of the Rangers win over the Royals on Monday, nobody was surprised. Earlier in the game, Cruz hit a towering home run off of Bruce Chen and stood at home plate for a moment to admire it….Read More